BEN JONSON A LIFE
Written by Ian Donaldson
Published by Oxford University Press
in 2011
ISBN: 9780198129769
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BEN JONSON A LIFE
Written by Ian Donaldson.
Stock no. 1330912
1st.
2011.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A vivid biography drawing out on freshly discovered writings by and about Jonson, revealing him as a writer whose work strikingly forsees modern age. Black boards, metallic blue title to spine. Pink endpapers. 533 pages. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780198129769. A fine copy.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Note on Texts and Dating
- 1 Prologue: The Biographer's Bones
- 2 Scotland 1618-1619
- 3 Debatable Land 1542-1572
- 4 Influences 1572-1588
- 5 Conflicts 1588-1592
- 6 Entering the Theatre 1594-1597
- 7 Saved by the Book 1597-1598
- 8 Global Satire 1598-1601
- 9 The Wolf's Black Jaw 1601-1603
- 10 Scots, Plots, the Panegyrics 1603-1605
- 11 Following the Plot 1605-1607
- 12 Employment 1607-1610
- 13 Communities 1607-1610
- 14 Travels 1611-1613
- 15 Fame 16130-1616
- 16 Money 1614-1617
- 17 Scholarship 1619-1630
- 18 Growing Old 1619-1626
- 19 Dying Late 1626-1637
- 20 Remembrance with Posterity
- Notes
- Index